Audit Trail · Article #2483710

Mark Sutcliffe won 20 of 24 wards in latest victory

Source article ↗ · Ottawa Citizen · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-11-03T09:00:51 · ingested 2026-11-03T04:23:35.859257

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 vv3

The article provides a factual recount of the election results and does not show any clear bias towards either candidate, but leans slightly towards the incumbent mayor.

Trigger phrases: Sutcliffe won 44.65 per centLeiper’s 33.9 per centstrong support from rural and suburban wards

      computed at 2026-11-03T05:01:47.370692
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.372 confidence: 53% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-03T05:02:55.676751-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.372

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T05:01:47.370692

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T05:01:47.370692

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-03T05:01:47.370692

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified In the 2026 mayoral election, Sutcliffe drew support through much of the city, while Jeff Leiper was the winner of downtown Ottawa.

Rule-based: source_credibility=False, has_stat=True, hedged=False

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-03T04:23:35.878406
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Mark Sutcliffe won 20 of 24 wards in latest victory 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-03T04:23:35.868813
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-11-03T04:23:35.859257 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 595
}

2026-11-03T05:02:55.676751 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.531,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.372,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.372
}

Every signal computed about this article, with timestamps. Source for the transparency promise behind our methodology.